It's all about the money ... in a good way

Protesters rally during the “No Kings” national day of protest in Washington, DC,
on October 18, 2025. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images

Do you wanna know how to stop this administration in it's tracks? Don't buy stuff. Consumer spending makes up approximately 70% of the U.S. economy, making it the largest component of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This percentage can fluctuate slightly, with some recent estimates showing it at around 68.2% to 69.1% in mid-2025. 

This is one way to really do a number on the administration from hell. 

President Donald Trump is clearly unpopular: Most Americans disapprove of his performance and millions recently turned out for “No Kings” protests. So why is it that so many major corporations and billionaires are either actively assisting Trump’s attack on democracy or else meekly complying with his dictates?

The disconnect is, most likely, the result of simple cost/benefit analysis. For the American business elite, the cost of crossing Trump is high and specific: He might deny your mergers, initiate bogus civil rights investigations, or even attempt to throw you in jail. By contrast, the costs of compliance are low: Perhaps a majority of voters might disapprove, but they can’t really do anything about it.

Or can they?

Consider, as one piece of evidence, a brand-new study on the fortunes of Elon Musk’s Tesla. The researchers show, using careful empirical analysis, that Musk’s foray into far-right politics — and especially his role into the Trump administration — have cost his company enormously.

All told, the researchers find, Tesla would have sold as many as 1.25 million more cars in the past three years had Musk behaved differently. This is equivalent to roughly 83 percent of Tesla’s actual sales during this period, meaning the company could have nearly doubled its sales had its CEO not alienated its heavily Democratic customer base.

As James Carville said. It's all about the economy Stupid!, a messages the dems lost track of in America electing the orange menace in 2016 and in 2020 and possibly in 2028 if The Donald lasts that long.

Carville in 2011

Heed his words or lose America forever.

1. Change vs. more of the same.
2. The economy, stupid.
3. Don't forget health care.[62]

 Any questions?